Technical Information • PCZ-NVM • CPU Expansion Side Card
System Requirements
The PCZ-NVM is a mezzanine side card, to be
fixed on top of a suitable CPU carrier board.
The pitch between carrier PCB and mezzanine
PCB is 4HP, resulting in a 8HP common front
panel for the entire assembly.
Two mezzanine inter-board connectors are in
use, for distribution of high speed I/O signals
from the CPU carrier to the side board. These
are referred to as
HSE1
(PCIe® x4 and USB3
High Speed Expansion),
and HSE2
(PCIe® x4
and DisplayPort). The mezzanine connectors
are situated on the bottom side of the
PCZ-NVM, facing towards their mating CPU
card connectors.
For full functionality, suitable CPU carrier
boards must conform to the EKF '2017 New
Mezzanine Concept' (i.e. HSE1 and HSE2
connectors supported).
The PCZ-NVM also is a carrier board itself,
which can accommodate a 3
rd
floor front
panel I/O expansion card, as an option.
The PCZ-NVM is basically powered via its HSE
mezzanine connectors. In addition, the board
is equipped with the backplane connector J1
for hi gh p ow e r d e ma n d i ng S SDs
(CompactPCI® backplane w. CPU card system
slot left).
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